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The Beirut Explosion – The Disaster That Shook the World
On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, killing 218 people, injuring thousands, ...
The Times of Israel17d
10 charged over Beirut port blast as probe resumes after Hezbollah accusations of bias
Investigation into 2020 explosion that killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and devastated swathes of Lebanon's capital, restarts after 2-year hiatus ...
MercoPress4y
Beirut port blast kills at least 78, injures over 4,000 and flattens huge area of the city
just one area will experience those happenings after an explosion, but this time it was all of Beirut, even areas outside of Beirut. Ammonium nitrate has a number of different uses, but the two ...
BBC4y
Beirut explosion: Angry protesters storm government ministries
Protesters in Beirut have stormed government ... furious at the failure to prevent the explosion at a warehouse storing over 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. The material had been seized from ...
Business Insider4y
Volunteers turn shattered glass from Beirut explosion into traditional jugs
"We're receiving about 15 to 17 tons from Beirut right now ... leading the initiative. The explosion on August 4, sparked when about 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate caught fire in a warehouse ...
Sky4y
What happened in Beirut: The explosion that devastated a city and shocked the world
Some of the images suggest there was a first smaller explosion ... years the ammonium nitrate was a serious risk. It has also been reported the ship that could have brought it to Beirut was ...
The Washington Post4y
After port explosion, Lebanese excavate their dreams
BEIRUT — Hoda al-Halabi was struggling to ... Thousands of people were wounded and almost 200 killed when a warehouse of ammonium nitrate exploded, gutting a stretch of the city and filling ...
MercoPress18d
Beirut blast point to years on inaction and negligence over storage of explosives
Initial investigations into the Beirut port blast indicate years of inaction and negligence over the storage of highly explosive material caused the explosion ... tons of ammonium nitrate, used ...
Al-Monitor4y
Air quality a concern in Beirut following explosion
Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...
newarab12d
Will victims finally get justice as Beirut blast probe resumes?
In-depth: No one has been held accountable for the 2020 Beirut blast, but as political dynamics shift, the resumption of a ...
Ship in dire need of repairs carries explosive cargo — but can’t dock because ports fear Beirut-type explosion: ‘Floating megabomb’
But it’s not just the MV Ruby’s load of 20,000 pounds of ammonium ... similar to the Beirut disaster, when a 2,750-pound load ...
France 2429d
Ivory Coast's Abidjan on edge as ship loaded with volatile cargo nears port
A vessel loaded with 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate – the same chemical that left large parts of Beirut in ruins in an explosion in 2020 – is nearing the port of Abidjan. Campaigners have ...